Henan Street Food

5 dishes in China

5 street foods from Henan, China: Hu La Tang, Huimian, Guantangbao, Daokou Shaoji and Doumo. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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Street foods of Henan

Soup · Simmered Hu La Tang (Spiced Pepper Soup) Its heat comes from black pepper, not chili — hujiao, or 'foreign pepper', a spice that arrived via the Silk Road and gives the soup the 'hu' in its… A thick, starch-bound broth loaded with black pepper, beef or mutton, peanuts, day lily buds, and wood ear mushroom is finished with chili oil and vinegar.

Noodle · Hand-pulled, in broth Huimian (Henan Braised Noodles) The rested dough is stretched by hand into long, belt-wide ribbons and torn straight into the pot to order. Wide, hand-stretched wheat noodles are cooked in a rich mutton broth with kelp, tofu skin and glass noodles, then finished with cilantro and chili oil.

Dumpling · Steamed Guantangbao (Kaifeng Soup-Filled Buns) Kaifeng claims it as the ancestor of Shanghai's famous xiaolongbao, tracing its soup-filled buns back nearly a thousand years. A thin dough wrapper is filled with pork and a gelatinous broth that liquefies during steaming, pleated into a distinctive chrysanthemum-like swirl at the top. 🍗 Deli Counter · Braised Chicken Daokou Shaoji (Daokou Spiced Braised Chicken) The old shops' formula is summed up in one line, 'eight spices plus old broth': the chickens are simmered in a long-kept master stock rather than a… Whole chickens are simmered in the spiced aged broth until the meat is tender and fragrant but not greasy, and so loose on the bone that it can be pulled apart by hand. It is eaten hot or… 🥣 Breakfast Stall · Porridge Doumo (Savory Millet Porridge) Despite 'dou' (bean) in the name, the base is ground millet; soybeans and peanuts are only mixed in. A savory porridge of millet flour cooked with soybeans, peanuts, glass noodles and greens, somewhere between a soup and a gruel. It is a milder breakfast alternative to hu la tang, often…

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